A Field Used Red Chewa African mask

A carved wooden mask with red painted surface with black linear accents. The Chewa are a Bantu people of central and southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in Malawi. Internationally, the Chewa

A carved wooden mask with a mass of woven grass and textile regalia attached as a headdress, green painted wood with energetic facial features and attached animal hide. Chewa peoples, Malawi, Africa.

A very fine and rare painted red mask with highly exaggerated facial features. Chewa peoples Malawi, Africa. This mask shows great age and field use. Provenance: Dr Michael W. Conner, Ill, USA ( Possi

A Very old field used ceremonial carved wooden mask, painted red, with semi-realistic facial features and an undeniable spiritual quality. Makua peoples, Southern Border of Mozambique and Northern Tan

This is a very old and field used Mask from the Vuvi ethnic group, central Gabon, Africa. A carved wooden mask with white and red kaolin clay pigment, and classic treatment to the eyes and brow, with

This is a very old and field used Mask from the Vuvi ethnic group, central Gabon, Africa. A carved wooden mask with white and red kaolin clay pigment, and classic treatment to the eyes and brow, with

This is a very old and field used Mask from the Vuvi ethnic group, central Gabon, Africa. A carved wooden mask with white and red kaolin clay pigment, and classic treatment to the eyes and brow, with

A large field used carved wooden Bushcow dance mask with woven rope and well used mouth bit. decorated with red, black, and white organic pigments and geometric designs. The mask features a tall round

A primitive and well handled old ceremonial mask accented with red mineral pigments, incised linear designs and showing signs of field use. This type of mask was used during initiation ceremonies amon

This is a very fine old and field used carved wooden mask with incised linear designs, accented with kaolin clay pigment, raised facial scars and elaborate coiffure. The mask is a classic \"Gba gba\"

A well weathered and worn Baule / Guro mask in the form of an antelope, with a tall stylized Horn / head crest and the interior still features a mouth bit and textile ties for the dancer. Baule / Guro

Carved wood with a wonderfully complex series of horns and ears representing the antelope, accented with various pigments and some writing which may have been the dancers name and number. Dogon people

A Beautiful old field used dance mask with elaborate painted designs and embellished with shells beads and textiles. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. This mask is known as "Ngaady a Mwaash" t

A beautiful carved wooden helmet painted in bright colors and featuring a wonderful stylized coiffure in avian form. The mask shows handling and wear consistent with a field used mask. The Temne creat

This is an old and field used carved wooden mask from the Luba ( or possibly Songye) peoples, DRC /Congo, Africa. This mask originates from the central heart of Tribal Africa. Their western neighbours

This is a very fine old and field used carved wooden mask with precise incised linear designs, raised facial scars and elaborate coiffure. Note the well handled surface patina and signs of wear and us

A rare carved wooden mask with goat hair scalp and beard and bold & powerful red eyes on painted black face. Chewa peoples, Malawi, Africa. The mask measures 8.5 x 5.25 inches.

A carved wooden mask with a greenish blue pigment accented with black paint and adorned with old burlap bag strips and raffia grass, with obvious age and field use. Chewa peoples, Malawi, Africa. The

This is an old and field used carved wooden mask from the Ogoni peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. Masks of this type are known as "elu" , which means "spirit." It is relatively small and probably would h

A striking old and field used Tiv Kwagh Hir festival mask with bulging eyes, toothy grimace, attached animal hair and several areas of tribal repairs and adornment. Tiv peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The m

A carved wooden field used mask with large stylized nose and brow, exaggerated facial features and a well handled and worn surface patina.Lulua peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask itself measures 11

This is an old and field used carved wooden mask from the Dan peoples, Cote ,West Africa. This mask originates from the central Ivory Coast and is an original "Passport" maskette, a smaller hand held

A very well handled and field used mask with a most unusual over-lapping brow similar to what is seen in the basketry fetish, and an undeniable well handled and worn surface patina suggesting ceremoni

This is a very old and field used wooden ceremonial mask, with a most unusual embellished top, featuring what appears to be the creation story involving Nommo, The deity who came to visit the Dogon in